The display of simple-minded and divisive posters saying “Jesus Loves Osama” outside the Glen Iris Uniting Church in Melbourne has caused some passerby to take direct action and remove them.Rev Peter Whitaker is shown on the front page of the Progress Leader with his “script”. Thinking for himself ? I don’t think so. The script sheet he was presumably sent by the “Outreach” group shows some more lame attempts to get publicity for a church with rapidly diminishing relevance in the community.
Instead of using a real pariah, the church decides to use name that IS loved by some Muslim extremists in our community. The poster then encourages the community to believe the The Uniting Church sympathises with this extreme view. The choice of Osama is also likely to mislead because of the Church’s widely known opposition to the war in Iraq. Saying “Jesus loves Osama” in the context of this policy also invites belief that the church is on the side of the Terrorists.
A sincere sign of compassion would have been to extend jesus’ love to one of the very few truly universal pariahs. Let’s see if the church has th guts to replace the poster with the much clearer message: “Jesus loves Child Molesters”.
Stephen Digby
http://www.progressleader.com.au/article/2007/02/13/10336_ppv_news.html
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